Attachment for sewing machines



Nov. 8, 1932. c. M. SMITH ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES Filed Oct. 6,1928 gwuamtoz a/Z/ milk Patented Nov. 8, 1932 CLARA IABEL BIITH, OIBROCKTON, IASSACHUSETTB arracmcmz'r IOB snwnm uacnnms Application filedOctober 6, 1828. Serial No. 310,814.

This invention relates to an attachment for sewing machines and it is anobject of the invention to provide adevice of this kind to facilitatethe cording of an article andmore especially when said article is of apointed 3 The invention consists in the details of construction and inthe combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improvedattachment for sewing machines whereby certain important advanta es areattained and the device'rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwisemore convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter morefully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to de- 23 scribe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view in top plan of my improvedattachment in applied position, the associated portion of the sewmgmachine plate and article being worked being shown in fragment;

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of my improved attachment as hereindisclosed, the associated work being diagrammatically associatedtherewith;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view partly'in section and artly in elevationillustrating the head of t e sewing machine and the association of theneedle with the cord being applied; I

Figure 4 is a View partly in elevation and partly in transverse section.of the attachment as herein disclosed and at that end portion of theattachment engaged with a plate of the sewing machine;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view in bottom plan of the end portion of oneof the arms of the attachment and the plate' to which it is attached.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawing, P denotes a conventional plateof a sewing machine upon which inadvance of the head H of the sewingmachine proper is adapted to be positioned the plate 1 of my improvedattachment. This plate 1 at approximately its central portion hasdisposed therethrough a headed screw shank 2 which also engages a bar 3which, when the attachment is in applied position, is ada ted to haverequisite contact from below with the plate P to hold the plate 1 indesired workin position.

This plate 1 when applied 1s disposed over a suitable opening in theplate P used in connection with all conventional types of sewingmachines and which is normally closed by a slide plate. It is to beunderstood that suc slide plate is removed before the plate 1 isapplied'. I I Underlying the plate 1 is a free end portion of anelongated arm 5, saidend portion of the arm 5' being provided with alongitudinally disposed slot 6 of desired length and through which aredirected the holding screws 7 in threaded engagement from below with theplate 1. The slot 6 is made relatively lon so that the elongated arm 5may be adjuste as desired relative to the plate 1 and the adjustment ofthis arm 5 will adjust the returned arm 9 disposed above the plate 1.The arm 5 is relative y long and formed of metal and its outer end iscontinued by an elongated returned arm 9 of a length to extend over theupper surface of the plate 1 and terminate a desired distance inwardlythereof when the attachment is in applied position as particularlyillustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing. This upper arm 9 has onemarginal portion disposed inwardly on a predetermined incline, that is,one edge portion of the arm 9 converges toward the opposite edge so asto provide a relatively restricted end. The

.free extremity of the arm 9 is continuedb a small angularly disposedeye 10 throug which the cord G is threaded, said cord being also freeldisposed through the guide e cs 11 carried by the arm 9 and prQ ectingbeyond the straight side edge thereof.

My improved attachment is especially designed for use in properly applymcord to an article, and when in use it 1s 0 particular importance thatthe head H be provided with a relatively small roll feed 12 which runson a lower feed roll (not shown) as by such use it is possible to get upinto the center of the article better than with a" large roll feeder asat feed.

Whenxthe attachment is a plied the eye,

10 thereof is positioned close y ad'acent to but slightly in advance ofthe nee eN and said eye 10 and the adjacent portion of the arm 9are'disposed between the overlying laminations 14 and 15 and at a pointclosely adjacent to the initial stitching 16 for con necti'ng'suchlaminations. Asclearly indicated in Figure 1, the cord C is employed toproduce and maintain the desired embossing effect which materiallyincreases the Through the esthetic value of the article. provision ofthe elongatedslot 6, the eye 10 can be adjusted to the desired positionrelative to the needle and this adjustment can be efiected ..on eitherside of the needle.

Through the provision also of the clamping member 3 which is held inclamping position, the cover plate 1 can be adjusted by ti htening, orloosening this plate and then s iding the plate 1 to-the desiredposition carryin with the plate the eye member IOsecureS to the arm 9. v

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that anattachment for a sewing machine constructed in accordance with myinvention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of theconvenience and facility with which it ma be assembled and operated, andit will also be obvious that my invention'is susce tible of some changeand modification wit out departin from the principles and spirit thereofan for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself totheprecise arrangement and formation of the severalparta herein shown incarrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed. 1

A corder attachment for a sewing machine comprising a plate adapted toloosely and slidably engage the machine, means for clamping the plate inadjusted position on the machine, a cording member, said cordin memberhaving one end thereoflongitu ly slotted and positioned beneath saidplate whereby to prevent interference with the passage of material overthe plate, and means a for securing said cording member in adjystedsignature.

position on said plate, said securingmeans extending through saidslotted end'of said member.

In testimony CLARA MB'EL SMITH.

whereof I hereunto afix my

